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June 3, 202 by Carly Graf Napa County Grand Jury recently wrapped up its probe into local efforts to promote accessory dwelling units as a tool to address the area’s ongoing housing crisis. Though the Jury identified some attempts to streamline the planning, approval and building of ADUs, it concluded […]

June 2, 2020 by Jessica Zimmer As economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic increases, many North Bay nonprofits are meeting their new short-term goals with the help of emergency grants from community foundations, but remain concerned. Their client lists are growing, while traditional fundraising methods, like spring and summer events, […]

May 28, 2020 by Patch Staff COVID-19 Webinar Hosted by California Senator Bill Dodd & Special Guest Congressman Mike Thompson May 28, 2020 02:00 PMRSVP Here to get the https://bit.ly/2zpKcT1 In this rapidly changing environment, answers aren’t easy to get, and sometimes nonprofit needs are left out of the discussion. […]

May 5, 2020 by Jennifer Huffman Julia DeNatale might have worked for any one of the many industries in Napa Valley. Instead, she’s made a personal commitment to a career in the nonprofit world. “Nonprofits often know our community and its needs better than most,” she wrote in an email. […]

May 5, 2020 by The Weekly Calistogan Staff Ana was laid off in mid-March, when Napa County’s Shelter-at-Home ordinance shuttered the large hotel where she worked. As a single mother with two teenage children, this job had been her only source of income. It had been enough to get by, […]

May 3, 2020 by Carly Graf The Napa Sonoma ADU Center, the newly launched information hub for homeowners looking to build an accessory dwelling unit, recently announced the hire of a director to lead the operation. Renée Schomp, the Sonoma County native who brings with her nearly a decade of […]

April 28, 2020 by Press Release – Napa County Board of Supervisors (NAPA, CALIF.) – Napa County announced today the expansion of free COVID-19 testing through a collaboration recently announced by Governor Gavin Newsom with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and Verily. “Governor Newsom has identified six indicators to safely […]

April 27, 2020 by Loraine Stuart The Napa Valley Register has been consistently and thoroughly providing Napa County important, current information on the Covid-19 crisis for which we are very grateful. All of us in Napa County are interlinked. All of us are only as secure and healthy as our […]

April 24, 2020 by Register Staff Napa and Solano County residents feeling the emotional and mental toll of COVID-19 can get support from a special helpline and free drug treatment for teens in Napa County. Through a disaster relief grant from Napa Valley Community Foundation funded by the Napa Valley […]

April 23, 2020 by Maggie Fusek, Patch Staff NAPA COUNTY, CA— Napa County announced the expansion of free coronavirus testing in the county through a collaboration with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the nonprofit group Community Organized Relief Effort — or CORE, founded by Sean Penn in 2010 in response to […]